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Big Pharma
Israeli generics company Teva has withdrawn its oppositions to two patents owned by Shield Therapeutics before the European Patent Office. 19 October 2020
Americas
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton has strengthened its life sciences expertise with the addition of a patent litigation team, that includes four litigators from DLA Piper. 19 October 2020
Americas
A medical device company, St. Jude Medical, part of Abbott Laboratories, failed in its bid to invalidate a patent for an artificial heart valve at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday, Thursday, October 15. 16 October 2020
Big Pharma
Twenty US states, the US Federal Trade Commission, and consumer groups have asked the Seventh Circuit of the US Court of Appeals to reconsider a case claiming that AbbVie strived to prevent competition to its immunosuppressant drug, Humira. 15 October 2020
Asia-Pacific
In a mixed decision for Merck Sharp Dohme, the Federal Court of Australia has concluded that the pharmaceutical company is infringing one patent owned by Wyeth, but that two other Wyeth patents are invalid. 15 October 2020
Big Pharma
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has dismissed Immunex’s appeal against a decision invalidating its patent on treating inflammatory disorders. 15 October 2020
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As scientists around the globe race to find the cure for Covid-19, will nationalism and traditional rivalries interfere with the dissemination of a vaccine. 15 October 2020
Europe
An Australian personalised genomics company has failed in its effort to obtain protection for its ‘MyDNA.life’ trademark in the UK. 15 October 2020
Biotechnology
A unit belonging to German company Braun has allegedly infringed five patents relating to artificial joints for knee and hip replacements, according to a complaint filed by the Orthopaedic Institute for Children. 13 October 2020
Big Pharma
The Federal Court of Australia has backed Novartis’ appeal against a decision revoking its patent covering a multiple sclerosis drug. 13 October 2020